Claire Daviss

Hi! My name is Claire Daviss. I’m a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Sociology (by courtesy) in the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. 

I study gender, labor markets, and organizations. My research focuses on disparities in hiring decisions to advance interactional and organizational theories of social stratification. I use exciting new data sources — administrative and experimental — to improve the field's measurements and theories of hiring inequality. In ongoing work, I ask: does how we hire affect whom we hire? More scientifically speaking, I investigate how structural elements of the hiring process moderate the influence of gender, race, and other social category biases in hiring decisions. I aim to make contributions to theories of decision-making in organizations and its implications for inequality, as well as advance best practices for companies seeking to improve fairness and inclusion. My work has been published in Organization Science, Social Science Research, and Sociological Methods and Research.

I graduated cum laude from Yale College with a Bachelor’s in Ethics, Politics, and Economics in 2014, and from Stanford University with an MA and PhD in Sociology in 2025. Between college and grad school, I worked for several years at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. In my free time, I enjoy running medium-to-long distances and getting bossed around by my highly opinionated dog. 

I am always excited to collaborate with companies who are interested in improving their hiring and evaluation systems through data-driven solutions. Please email me at cdaviss@cornell.edu if you'd like to chat!